10-25-2006, 03:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-25-2006, 03:52 PM by MongoJerry.)
Berg of The Core wrote this post on our guild boards on Monday. Wow, was he ever right:
Quote:So I cannot speak with any conviction but my impression from working in games for half a dozen years is that this game is still more beta than it is a releasable product. It is lots of fun but there is lots of broken stuff, lots of stuff that is not broken but really awkward and lots of stuff that is totally untested by the public. All of that said, I think a November launch is extremely unlikely.
Some stuff you would not know unless you worked in the games industry. Shelf space at the mall stores like gamestop etc is purchased. They do not put hot sellers at the front of the store, that space is bought by the publishers and their products are put there exclusively. If you are going to miss a ship date you have to give them a months notice to resell the space or you lose that money. Thanksgiving is Nov 23 and the currently posted release dates are between 24-27 that I have seen so I would pretty much expect for a delay to be announced today or tomorrow unless they dont mind junking that cash.